Chair Professor (Environmental Engineering)   Ir Professor Herbert H. P. FANG   BS, National Taiwan University, Taiwan MS, University of Rochester, New York, U.S.A. PhD, University of Rochester, New York, U.S.A. FHKIE, MASCE, MIWA   Office:      HW 6-29 Phone:     +852 28592660 Fax:         +852 25595337 E-mail:     hrechef@hkucc.hku.hk Homepage:   http://web.hku.hk/~hrechef/

 

Teaching Activities

• CIVL 1005 Environmental Engineering
• CIVL 2001 Engineering Design and Communication
• CIVL 3013 Final Year Project
• CIVL 6006 Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment
• CIVL 6023 Environmental Chemistry
• CIVL 6061 Special Topic in Environmental Engineering

 

Research Interests

• Biofilm and biocorrosion
• Biohydrogen production
• Environmental biotechnology
• Resource recovery from waste and wastewater
• Sediment remediation, wastewater treatment

 

Representative Research / Consultancy Projects

• Biofilm corrosion of metals in polluted seawater
• Biodegradation of endocrine disrupters in landfill leachate
• Immobilization of biomass for hydrogen production from wastewater
• Phototrophic hydrogen production from acidified wastewater
• Bioremediation of contaminated sediment by denitrification

 

Representative Publications

1. Liang, D.W., Zhang, T., and Fang, H.H.P. (2007). "Denitrifying degradation of dimethyl phthalate." Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 74(1) 221-229.
2. Li, C.L., and Fang, H.H.P. (2007). "Inhibition of heavy metals on fermentative hydrogen production." Chemosphere, 67, 668-673.
3. Fang, H.H.P., Zhu, H.G., and Zhang T. (2006). "Phototrophic hydrogen production from glucose by pure- and co-cultures of Clostridium butyricum and Rhodobacter sphaeroides." International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 31(5), 2223-2230.
4. Fang, H.H.P., Zhu, H.G., and Zhang T. (2006). "Phototrophic hydrogen production from glucose by pure- and co-cultures of Clostridium butyricum and Rhodobacter sphaeroides." International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 31(5), 2223-2230.
5. Fang, H.H.P., Zhang, T., and Li, C.L. (2006). "Characterization of Fe-hydrogenase genes diversity and hydrogen-producing population in an acidophilic sludge." J. Biotechnology, 126(3), 357-364.
6. Zhang, T., and Fang, H.H.P. (2006). "Applications of real-time polymerase chain reaction for quantification of microorganisms in environmental samples." Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 70, 281-289.
7. Fang, H.H.P., Li, C.L., and Zhang, T. (2006). "Acidophilic biohydrogen production from rice slurry." International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 31, 683-692.
8. Fang, H.H.P., Shi, X.L., and Zhang, T. (2006). "Effect of activated carbon on membrane filtration of activated sludge." Desalination, 189, 193-199.
9. Zhang, T., Fan, X.J., Hanada, S., Kamagata, Y., and Fang, H.H.P. (2006). "Bacillus macaensis sp. nov., a novel filamentous isolate from drinking water." International Journal of Systematic Evolutionary Microbiology, 56(2), 349-353.
10. Fang, H.H.P., Liang, D.W., Zhang, T., and Liu, Y. (2006). "Anaerobic treatment of phenol in wastewater under thermophilic condition." Water Research, 40(3), 427-434.

 

Others

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